They're coming, and you know where they'll want to go: Fisherman's Wharf. Just like the famous Dungeness crabs they crave, tourists are baited to the wharf and willingly get caught in the same old traps — souvenir shops, fast-food spots and chain restaurants.

During the Gold Rush era in the mid-1800s, Italian immigrants came to the northern waterfront area with intentions of feeding the city's growing population. These same immigrants settled near the wharf in North Beach (cioppino anyone?). While these days the wharf hauls in more tourists than it does fish, it's still a working wharf with active fishermen. And while today's fishermen may not sing in the fog to make their location known, many of them are descendants of the original fleets that fished these waters.

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Source: https://thebolditalic.com/